Let's devise a list of reading answers

Test Preparation ACT Preparation
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<p>Discuss. Especially passages 3 and 4</p>

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<ol>
<li> How did she feel about folk songs? she like all of them</li>
<li> Her dancing was spontaneous and a contrast to her other side ( something like that)</li>
<li> What did her brothers like to do? chores</li>
<li> Something about her dad Joel’s changed financial status? Showing her that she no limits or something</li>
<li> Why does Maggie say, “if you want to see Joanna play…”? WHAT WAS THE ANSWER?</li>
<li> How did Joanna do her chores? Very well but with the hopes of doing something more meaningful later on<br></li>
<li> What is the purpose of the 3rd paragraph? It was something about the differences between the 2 sisters. It was NOT to introduce the differences because it talked about that in the second paragraph</li>
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<p>Passage on the History of Coffee ( in 6 glasses or something)</p>

<ol>
<li> when did coffeehouses become the centers of political debate? after the death of Cromwell</li>
<li>Why were coffee houses preferred over taverns? Answer was that coffeehouses were more respectable. they liked coffee shops over taverns because they were more respectable</li>
<li>Why didn’t the other business owners like Rossee? Because he threatened their business- the businessmen didnt like that coffee shop because it was competition</li>
<li>The Handbill Virtue of Coffee does NOT explain how much it cost to import the coffee</li>
<li>Purpose? the passages purpose was to give info about coffee’s history OR Evolution of Coffee in 1600’s </li>
<li>Why does he use “syrup soot” and :essences of old ashes?” ( WHAT WAS THE ANSWER? To show different opposing viewpoints. the “soot of syrup” definitely reflected a critics view of the time</li>
<li>What was the last thing the British Authorities did to exercise control? Refuse entry to spies and mischief m akers</li>
<li>Why did King Charles II not like coffeehouses? He didn’t want rumors and plots to overthrow his government
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<p>Michelangelo Passage

  1. What don’t museum directors do usually? not sure
  2. Where was the drawing? the Cooper Hewitt design Museuam
  3. who was Clifford?? He was the director of the Museum in Edinburg who liked to research old things???
  4. What was the city of art? New York
  5. Who owned the paiting? Lord Amherst of Hackney
  6. Why didnt people recognize the drawing as Michelangelos" Someonthing about not knowing the characteristics of his architecture??
  7. Was there something about one of the paragraphs and how they were desrciptions of how rare it is to find real old Masters’ works? ( that may not have been a question)

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<p>Yellowstone

  1. Where di the heat come from? Molten Lava
  2. Main idea??
  3. Why couldnt they see it before the aerial photos? It was so wide- answer had breadth in it
    4)</p>
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<p>yellowstone
-breadth
-heat came from molten lava
-paragraph showed multiple characteristics
-the surprising tone in the first paragraph was because this guy was the first to question *** was happening in yellowstone

  • purpose of the passage? idk this one</p>
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<p>“5) Who owned the paiting? Lord Amherst of Hackney”</p>

<p>I put some other museum/company R & something as the first to own the painting.</p>

<p>“1. How did she feel about folk songs? she like all of them”</p>

<p>Was this directly in the passage? I put she liked most (all seemed to broad).</p>

<p>Any predictions on the scaling for this test??</p>

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<p>I FOUND all 4 passsages:</p>

<p>IN regard to the folksongs it says, “Any sort of folk song or dance delighted the child.”</p>

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<p>Can you post a link? ^</p>

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<p>sure, but please help me fill in blanks in my memory. i cant remember hardly anything about the yellowstone passage because I was short on time…</p>

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<p>[A</a> Short History of Nearly Everything: Bill Bryson: 9780275980528: Amazon.com: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/076790818X]A”>http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/076790818X)</p>

<p>[There</a> Is Confusion - Jessie Redmon Fauset - Google Books](<a href=“http://books.google.com/books/about/There_Is_Confusion.html?id=er07Jq0fo60C]There”>There is Confusion - Jessie Redmon Fauset - Google Books)</p>

<p>[Expert</a> Spots a ‘Michelangelo’ in an Old Box - New York Times](<a href=“Expert Spots a 'Michelangelo' in an Old Box - The New York Times”>Expert Spots a 'Michelangelo' in an Old Box - The New York Times)</p>

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<p>Same here but I do remember something about the last question dealing with Volcano size or something. I was on the third passage when 5 minutes was called and I had to quickly skim the last one, so I have no idea. I may be able to recall question with the passage, though.</p>

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<p>for coffee, there was a question about a reference the king made about his plans and the last question of that passage was about oath</p>

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<p>1st Passage: [There</a> Is Confusion - Jessie Redmon Fauset - Google Books](<a href=“There is Confusion - Jessie Redmon Fauset - Google Books”>There is Confusion - Jessie Redmon Fauset - Google Books)</p>

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<p>the last one is A History of the world in 6 glasses</p>

<p><a href=“https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=HtZjZ7p-e0EC&rdid=book-HtZjZ7p-e0EC&rdot=1&source=gbs_vpt_read[/url]”>https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=HtZjZ7p-e0EC&rdid=book-HtZjZ7p-e0EC&rdot=1&source=gbs_vpt_read&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i really need help remembering the Yellowstone passage…Maybe if someone reads the passage they will remember more questions! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Yellowstone
-supervolcano
-breadth
-first one to question where yellowstone volcano is
-purpose of paragraph=details not martini analogy
-2nd paragraph purpose=explain normal perception of volcanoes
-what causes geysers, hot stots…
-thin crust anyone?
…</p>

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<p>Also Yellowstone:
-all these questions were answered EXCEPT. choices: why NASA gave them photos, how wide (something like that) is supervolcano…</p>

<p>Pretty straightforward, I thought. At least compared to the first passage which was like a treasure hunt for answers.</p>

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<p>There were two other options. Both of the ones you posted were answered in the passage, but I’m blanking on the right answer.</p>

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<p>found it </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.msad49.org/ljhs/WonWorld/earthquakes.htm[/url]”>http://www.msad49.org/ljhs/WonWorld/earthquakes.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>did the question about martini glasses ask about the sentence or paragraph?</p>

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<p>anyone???</p>

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<p>Paragraph–that’s why I said the focus of the paragraph honed in on various characteristics (i.e. martini glass characteristic, bowl characteristic, continuous pooring characteristic…etc.).</p>